Photo Gallery: Royals at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Chelsea Pier for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, a flotilla of 1,000 boats launched down the Thames in celebration of the monarch’s 60 years on the throne. (Press Association via AP Images)

Queen Elizabeth II, right, arrives at Chelsea Pier before boarding the royal barge to participate in the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant Sunday June 3, 2012.(AP Photo/Bethany Clarke, Pool )

The Duke of Edinburgh with the Queen. (AP Photo/Eddie Mulholland, Pool)

Kevin Wicks

Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com's Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself—he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri—he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his "gateway drug" into British culture.